Screenwriter Arash Amel worked as a professor and media analyst, pitching scripts relentlessly until he got his shot. His film "Grace of Monaco" premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014 to harsh reviews. Amel's…
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US Senator and former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney called President Donald Trump's appeal to China and Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden "wrong and appalling" on Twitter Friday. Trump responded in Saturday…
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New federal data shared with The Washington Examiner shows the number of migrants arrested at the US-Mexico border is the highest it has been since 2007. About 851,000 people were apprehended and taken into custody…
Saudi Arabia will let unmarried foreigners share hotel…
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Teenage boy shot after Hong Kong imposes mask…
Hong Kong police shot and wounded a 14-year-old boy on Friday after its embattled leader Carrie Lam said a ban on face masks would take effect last Saturday under the emergency laws that allow authorities…
Why Boris Johnson will be forced to delay…
Boris Johnson and his Downing Street team continue to insist that the UK will leave the EU on October 31. But the reality is that the prime minister is almost certainly going to forced into…